1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 08632ab1ff8..0a04f713d7b 100644
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@ a_write (desc, addr, len, pos, annot)
   int nextpos;
   int lastpos = pos + len;
 
-  while (1)
+  while (CONSP (*annot))
     {
       tem = Fcar_safe (Fcar (*annot));
       if (INTEGERP (tem) && XINT (tem) >= pos && XFASTINT (tem) <= lastpos)